Easily Import MP4 Files to Avid Media Composer on Mac OS X El Capitan

Description: The easy workaround to fix MP4 and Avid Media Composer incompatible issues is to transcode MP4 to a more editing-friendly format, such as DNxHD. Here is simple how-to.

A number of HD videos downloaded from the internet are wrapped up in MP4 container and you can play them on Mac using a media player like VLC, or Quicktime. But you will certainly stumble if you try to import MP4 files to Avid Media Composer for further editing. So what's matter? What is the available solution using MP4 files in Avid Media Composer 9/10/11/12/13?

In fact, this is due to the MP4 files codec. The Avid might not work with some MP4 files due to the codec issue or other reasons. To make MP4 files editable in Avid Media Composer, you could turn MP4 to Avid MC supported video format first. Along with some help from third-party software of great quality like Pavtube Video Converter for Mac, you can easily get the issues fixed.

Overall, it is an easy-to-use yet powerful app which can effortlessly transcode 720p/1080p MP4 files to DNxHD encoded MOV, which ensures best results when working with Avid Media Composer 9/10/11/12/13. There is no need to to set the codec yourselft since the Mac video conversion tool has an optimized preset for Avid MC, and also create files compatible with other non-linear editing systems like Adobe Premiere Pro, FCP, iMovie etc. If you're using a Windows PC, please turn to Pavtube Video Converter, which has the same function as the Mac version. Just download, install and launch this great MP4 to Avid converter and then start to make your MP4 files compatible with Avid Media Composer on on Mac OS X El Capitan.

Tip: You can adjust video and audio parameters, including the Bitrate of Video and Audio, the Codec of Video and Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc., in the Profile Settings.

Step 3: Click the "Start conversion" button at the bottom right corner to start converting and everything else will be automated. If you have added quite a bunch of video files, it would take some time to convert. In such case, you can click Option and tick the box "Shut down the computer after conversion".

You're done. Now your MP4 files will be converted into DNxHD files ready to be imported to Avid Media Composer 9/10/11/12/13 beautifully.